The Catmage Chronicles
Andy thought he was going crazy when a talking cat showed up at his front door. He couldn’t have been more wrong.Goldeneyes is a Catmage – a cat with human intelligence and magical abilities. Andy is an eighth grader who is smart, impulsive, and trying to avoid the school bully at all costs. A prophecy threw them together. There’s just one problem: Goldeneyes can’t stand humans.The Catmage world is heading toward war. Goldeneyes and Andy must try to stop the enemy from getting stronger. And they must save a powerful Catmage who’s been kidnapped. For Goldeneyes, it’s personal. That Catmage is her grandmother.Andy and Goldeneyes must try to put aside their differences. If they can’t, the enemy will soon be too powerful to defeat…
Category Archives: Media
Tuesday news roundup
Israeli Double Standard Time: Say, you know who’s banning books because they conflict with their view of their religion? Hamas. You know who’s not calling Hamas a fascist state? Time magazine. What time is it? That’s right. But it’s not … Continue reading
The Guardian, Jonathan Freedland and Karma Nabulsi: now we know…
It certainly pays off to sit for a while on the fence (I wonder why that activity is called this way in English – after all, normally fence is the last place you would choose to plop your backside upon). … Continue reading
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Getting it wrong on Lebanon
I tend not to pay attention to the AP analysis on the Middle East, because it is so often wrong. Watching the AP spin the “negotiations” for the new Lebanese prime minister is a great example of how they get … Continue reading
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Palin, Beck, and Limbaugh Connected with Anti-Judaism
A couple of weeks ago, a wacko named Jared Loughner, who has absolutely nothing to do with Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck, or Rush Limbaugh committed an unspeakable crime in Tucson. Never mind that he killed four other people and shot … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Semitism, AP Media Bias, Israel, Media Bias Tagged Anti-Semitism, Blood Libel, Giffords, Glenn Beck, Israel, Loughner, Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin, Shooting, Tucson 3 Comments
Wednesday news roundups
You know, I’m almost with Iran on this one: I hate Valentine’s Day. I hate all Hallmark holidays. But I’m not willing to make it illegal, and the Iranians are. It’s that famous Muslim tolerance of other religions! Woot! (Although, … Continue reading
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AP now letting Hezbollah set the boilerplate
Seriously? The AP is so desperate for “balance” that they’re now quoting the paranoid accusations of a terrorist group as boilerplate “balance”? Because here’s what the AP wrote about the indictment filed against Hezbollah by the UN commission: The court … Continue reading
What I’m reading
Thing 1: Yaacov Lozowick illustrates and explains the Shepherd’s Hotel (a.k.a. the dead Nazi’s former home). (Daily Alert linked him, good job, Yaacov!) Thing 2: This is a very interesting look at the Arab mindset, buried inside a New York … Continue reading
Finally Friday briefs
The awesome awesomeness of the ability of Israel to cause everything: You know, we Jews are so wily, so powerful, so all-encompassing, that we can cause neighboring state governments to fall. An Iranian minister said so. (With help from the … Continue reading
Posted in Iran, Israel, Media Bias, United Nations Tagged Israel, Media Bias, United Nations 1 Comment
The what day is today? briefs
No time left for Time: Abe Greenwald reads that drek, so I don’t have to. The magazine that gave us “Menachem Begin (rhymes with Fagin) is bashing Israel again. Say, it’s a weekly magazine, isn’t it? And this is a … Continue reading
Posted in Iran, Lebanon, Media Bias, Religion, Terrorism Tagged Iran, Israel, Lebanon, Media Bias 4 Comments
Tuesday “I forgot to publish these this morning” briefs
Yeah, and I’m the Easter Bunny: Iran says it penetrated the Mossad and is currently holding onto ten or so “spies.” Because it’s not like they don’t call someone a spy, arrest and convict him on no evidence (especially if … Continue reading
Posted in Gaza, Iran, Israel, Media Bias 1 Comment
The news the AP leaves out
There’s a boilerplate in the current AP stories about the destruction of the “historic” Shepherd Hotel to make way for apartments. The relevant portion is in bold. (The fact that the AP finds it necessary to devote two paragraphs of … Continue reading
Friday briefs
Hamas the Holocaust deniers: The AFP noted that Mahmoud al-Zahar, one of the leaders of Hamas, during a recent speech both denied the Holocaust and claimed that Israel was perpetuating one on Palestinians. That’s known as “Business as usual” in … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Semitism, Hamas, Iran, Media, Religion Tagged Anti-Semitism, Helen Thomas, Iran, Media Bias 2 Comments
Another “War Crime” that Wasn’t – Abu Rahma
At the end of last week, Jawaher Abu Rahma died. It was the day when there was a large protest at the security fence outside of her village of Bil’in. The IDF used tear gas to dispel protesters who were … Continue reading
Posted in Anti-Semitism, Media Bias Tagged abu rahma, Bilin, Israel, Protests, separation fence, tear gas 5 Comments
War is peace; bad is good: Another AP mis-analysis
The AP lowers the bar and calls out the Orwellian language for this profile of how Mohammed Dahlan, terrorist, has become Mohammed Dahlan, the last, best hope for the PA. In the article, we learn that a) Mahmoud Abbas is … Continue reading
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Human rights for me, but not for thee
In a pretty sickening post in Comment is Free, Stephen Kinzer, a former journalist, is decrying human rights organizations for being—get this—imperialists. (Via Hot Air.) Why? Because we insist there is a universal definition of human rights. And because this … Continue reading
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